Primary Sources: U.S. States: Massachusetts

"This website features 117 items from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. This group of unique manuscripts and rare published materials includes handwritten documents and letters (Phillis Wheatley and members of the Hartford family), the earliest antislavery pamphlet published in Massachusetts (The Selling of Joseph, printed in 1700), petitions of enslaved people requesting freedom, documents certifying the freedom of specific individuals, materials relating to two people involved in landmark legal cases that helped to bring an end to slavery in Massachusetts (Elizabeth Freeman and Quock Walker), warrants and depositions for freedom seekers, bills of sale and account books documenting enslavement transactions, and a series of letters written in 1795 in which some notable men share their perspective on the history and end of slavery in Massachusetts."

"The Barnstable Patriot digital newspaper archive currently covers the first 100 years of newspaper issues -- 1830-1930. " Sturgis Library Barnstable Massachusetts

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society contains a variety of letters, diaries and other papers relating to early America and the Revolution; mainly focused on New England colonies, but other colonies are also mentioned.

"Credo is an online repository containing the digital collections held by the UMass Amherst Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA)."

Collections include photographs, an antislavery collection, DuBoisopedia, dissertations and theses of the university, exhibits, W.E.B. DuBois Papers and more.

Collections from various libraries and other institutions in Massachusetts.

Explore the collections of Harvard University including primary source materials.

"The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. "

Digital collections available from the Massachusetts Historical Society including: Adams Papers Digital Edition; Thomas Jefferson Digital Collection; Coming of the American Revolution; and others.

Adams, Samuel. "Samuel Adams’s Massachusetts Ratifying Convention Speeches: Document Text." Milestone Documents of American Leaders. Ed. Paul Finkelman. 4 vols. Schlager Group, 2009. Salem History Web. 27 Feb. 2012.

"University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston collects materials related to the University's history, as well as materials that reflect the university's urban mission and strong support of community service, notably in collections of records of urban planning, social action, alternative movements, community organizations and local history related to neighboring communities including the Boston Harbor Islands."